120th Annual Shareholders' Meeting

At the 120th Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Georg Fischer Ltd held on 23 March 2016, the shareholders approved all proposals of the Board of Directors. Riet Cadonau was elected as new member of the Board.

A total of 1 039 shareholders and 1 944 771 shareholder votes were
present at the former iron foundry in Schaffhausen. This presence
corresponds to 69.07% of the shareholder votes entered in the share
register with voting rights.

The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting approved all proposals regarding
compensation including the 2015 Compensation Report as well as the
future maximum compensation of both Board and Executive Committee. It
also approved the distribution of a dividend amounting to CHF 18 per
share (previous year CHF 17).

Riet Cadonau new member of the Board After
serving on the Board for 18 years, Ulrich Graf is stepping down
upon reaching the statutory retirement age. Andreas Koopmann,
Chairman of the Board, warmly thanked Ulrich Graf for his many years
of fruitful services at GF and wished him all the very best. Riet
Cadonau, CEO of the dorma+kaba Group, Rümlang (Switzerland), was
elected as new member of the Board of Directors. The eight current
members of the Board of Directors were re-elected. Furthermore,
Andreas Koopmann was confirmed as Chairman, and the Compensation
Committee was elected as proposed.